About Lorrie Hecker

Lorrie Hecker is a global communications leader with a proven ability to promote change, build and protect brand reputations and deliver business results in a range of commercial environments.  She founded Lorrie Hecker Communications LLC to provide experienced communications counsel and hands-on support to organizations when the stakes are high, particularly within highly regulated industries.

Previously, Lorrie served as Vice President, Communications for Hess Corporation, a global energy company engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. She was responsible for branding, media relations, executive communications, employee communications, events and digital communications for the company. Hecker and her team protected and enhanced the company’s reputation and maintained strong employee engagement through challenges such as major portfolio reshaping and related asset sales, organizational restructurings, operational crises and a protracted merger. During this time, she also served as Chairwoman of the American Petroleum Institute’s Communications Committee.

Lorrie joined Hess in 2007 and held a number of leadership roles with the company including Director of Communications for the company’s downstream division that included gas station and convenience stores, terminals and refineries and a B2B energy marketing business. She developed campaigns to support new product launches and vertical sales and marketing efforts, handled all media relations and community outreach, and managed crisis communications including Hurricane Sandy response. 

Prior to this, she served as Director of Communications for American Standard Companies, an industrial manufacturing conglomerate with 60,000 employees in 22 countries. In this role, Hecker and her team were responsible for communications through the company’s breakup. She also handled communications for numerous union contracts and led a cross-functional project to rebrand and relist the remaining company as Trane.

Earlier in her career, Lorrie served as a Director for a leading communications consulting firm based in London. She began her career at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City where she held positions in communications, product management and marketing.

Lorrie holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Indiana University.